Joining up: Did military service in the early all volunteer era affect subsequent civilian income?

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1447-1474

  Teachman, Jay ^a   Tedrow, Lucky ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Income; Life course; Military service; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 35549001282     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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